Clasp brake



W. H. BASELT CLASP BRAKE Feb, 2o, 1940.

Filed Dec. 16, 1937 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 2o, 1940. w. H. BASELT 2,191,138

CLASP BRAKE Filed Dec. 16, 1957 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 W. H. BASELT Feb. 20, 1940.

ACLASP BRAKE Filed Deo.

16 195'? 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Feb. 20, 1940. w. 1-1. BAsELT CLASP BRAKE 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Dec. 16, 1957 Patented Feb. 20, 1940 unirsi)V STATES PATENT orifice Walter H. Baselt, Chicago,V Ill., assigner to American Steel Foundries, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of New Jersey Application December 16, 1937, Serial No. 180,053

26 claims. (o1. iss-56) My invention relates to brake rigging for railpower meansxis connected between the respecway cars of the passenger type and more partictive cylinder levers and showing also one method ularly to a type of such rigging generally desigof connecting a hand brake arrangement to opnetted` clasp brake rigging in which brake heads erate the rigging at `both ends of the truck,

and brake shoes `are supported for engagement at Figures 5 and 6 show an alternate form of hand 5V opposite sides of each Wheel. brake `connection designedto operate the rigging An object of my invention is to devisean eiiiatboth endsof the truck. cient form of unit cylinder clasp brake rigging for Figures '7 and` 8 show a further alternate form a high speed passenger truck wherein the power of hand brake arrangement?designedfto operate means is mounted on the truck framework. thefrigging at only one end of the truck.

A further object is to devise such a brake struc- Figure 9 is a side elevation `showing the Coml ture wherein a single power means on each side plete ,truck and brake structure in reduced size. member of the truck frame will actuate the brake Describing the arrangement in more detail. the

rigging associated with the wheels on that side nevel truck structure which forms 110 part 0f my 16 of the truck. invention has the usual framework comprising Still another object of my invention is to prospaced side members 2, 2 elevated in thevicinty vide hand brake arrangements for such a brake Of the Wheels` at lille Opposite eldS thereof as inrgging as that mentioned which will operate efiidicated. at `4 to facilitate cooperation 'with the oiently in case oi failure of the power means. J'Ollirlol portion of the Wheel and eXle aSSembly 20 Expressed generally, the object of my invention generally indicated at 6, said cooperation taking 20 is todevise an efficient form of unit cylinder clasp place through, the novel form of journal box 8 brake structure for a novel type of high speed provided on opposite sides thereof with the Well passenger truck of `.the 'motor type `wherein the portions lil `and l2 within which are supported truck is designed to carry motive power in the the Spring means 4iiiagramrnatieally indicated at form of motors as well as other normal structural I4, |41 (Figure l). Supported OVel the journal 25` parte of the truck and the brake rigging` ends of .'the;spaced wheel and axle assembly are A more specic object of my invention is to dethe Linner and Outer equalizer bars I6 and ,i8 v vise such a brake rigging as that generally rewhich servelas a means 0f support for themotors ferred to above wherein doub1e acting power (not shown). `Joining the spaced side members at means will be centrally located on each side mem- ODDOSte Sides of the truck are the spaced tran- BllvV ber of the truck as a means of operating the clasp Somsll, 20 which serve as carryingr means for the brake rigging associated with the wheels at the bolster `(not shown) which is supported thereberespective sides oi the truck. A tween and upon which the weight of the car With these and other objects in mind which body iS Carried.` The framework at the juncture will be appareil-tas the description proceeds, my of the-side member 2 and the transom 20 is of .est

`invention may consist ci certain novel features novel? arrangement having the diagonally ar-` and manners of operation as are more particularranged bottom Wall aS most Clearly Seen at 22 lydesoribed and claimed in the following speci- (Figure 3) dening with the side walls of the cation and the claims associated herewith; transom, 2t a well-like cavity within which rei The drawings illustrate an embodiment of my silientbolster supporting means may be seated 4oz;

invention wherein Figure l is a top plan View asiat 24,24. showing one-fourth of a truck structure in which The brake rigging at each end oi the truck my novel brake arrangement has been incorpocomprises the dead hanger lever 2t (Figure 2, rated. Only one-fourth of the truck structure is right) i pivotolly hulle et llSllpper end aS at 28 illustrated inasmuch as the opposite endsandthe from the inwardly turned bracket 30 formed on 451l opposite sides of theftruck and brake arrangey the end of the side member 2 of the framework; ment are similar; p l Intermediate theends of the hanger lever 2G as Figure 2 is a side elevation of the truck and at 32 is` pivotally supported the brake head 34 brake structure shown in Figure 1;, with the associated brake shoe 36 and the lower 5o" Figure 3 is a sectional view of the truck` and end thereof has a pivotal connection as at 38 to 501v cbrake arrangement shown in Figures 1 and 2, the the `paired inner and outer straps 40, lll, said section being taken substantially in the planes inlast named connection being made adjustable by di'cated by the broken line 3--3 of Figure 1`; means of the manually operable slack adjuster `ligure l is an elevational View of reduced size, 42p. The opposite ends of the paired straps 40, lill yshowing the manner in which the double acting are pivotally and adjustably connected as at 44 y to the lower end of the live brake lever 46, the upper end of said live brakey lever being pivotally connected as at 48 to the clevis means 50 (Figure l), the opposite end of said clevis means being pivotally 'connected as at 52 to the inner end of the dead auxiliary lever 54, said dead auxiliary lever being fulcrumed intermediate its ends as at 56 from the bracket 58 formed as an integral part of the side member 2. Intermediate the ends of the live brake lever 46 as at 68 is pivotally supported the brake head 62 with the associated brake shoe 84 and likewise connected at the pivotal point 68 are the paired supporting hangers 66, 66said hangers being hung from the bracket 58 by a pivotal connection therewith as at 68. v The bracket 'lll (Figure 3), secured to the frame as by rivets l2, 12, serves as a guide means for the hanger 66, the wear plate '|4 being secured to the outer portion of said hanger for engagement with said bracket.

The outer end of the dead auxiliary lever 54 has a pivotal connection as at 16 to the clevis means 28,k the opposite end of said clevis means having a'pivotal connection as at 88 to the upper end of the dead cylinder lever 82, said cylinder lever being adjustably` fulcrumed intermediate its ends as at 84 from the automatic slack adjuster 86, said slack adjuster being carried on the bracket 88 of the side frame 2 as by means of bolts 88, 98. der lever 82 lhas a pivotal connection as at 92 to the outeren'd of the push rod 84 at one end of "'thereto and to the bracket 88 as by means of.

the double acting cylinder 96. The cylinder 96 is carried on the side frame 2, being secured bolts |88, |88.

In Figure 9 of reduced size is shown the manner in which the double acting power means 96 is connected between the twol similar dead cylinvder levers 82, |86 to operate similar brake rigging at opposite ends of the truck on one side thereof.

In. the hand brake modication shown in Figure l the push rods 84 and |82 at the opposite ends of the -power means 96 are pivotally connected as at 82v and |84 to the dead cylinder levers 82 and |86, said dead. cylinder levers being adjustably fulcrumed` intermediate their ends as at 84 and |88 from slack adjusters as in the modification shown in Figure 9. The connection of the cylinder levers 82 and |86 to the braking means at the opposite ends of the truck is similar to the modification shown in Figure 9 with the cylinder lever |86 connected as at ||8 to the clevis l2 and the cylinder lever 82 connected as at 88 to the clevis 18, said clevis 18 being extended as at |24 to form aconnection as at |22 providing a fulcrum for the live hand brake auxiliary lever |28, the lower end of said auxiliary lever |28 having a pivotal connection as at H8 to the pull rod |4 whose opposite end .is pivotally connected as at H6 to a point intermediate the endspof the cylinder lever |86. The upper end of said live auxiliary lever |28` has a connection as at |26 to the iiexible cable |28 whose opposite end is connected to the sheave of the hand brake (not shown) of the usual form. l

In Figure 2 I have shown an alternate form of connection for the cable leading to the hand, brake'lwherein said cable |28 is connected as at |318 to the extension |32 formed on the upper end of the dead cylinder lever 82 for that purpose. In this form of connecting the cable it will be apparent'that the hand brake mechanism would operate the brake rigging at only one end of the truck.

In Figures 7 and 8 I have shown an alternate The lower end ofthe dead cylinform 'of connection for a hand brake arrangement which will operate the rigging at one end of the truck only. In this form of hand brake connection thebracket 58 is enlarged as at |34 to permit the formation of the slot |36, thus allowing a sliding movement of the auxiliary lever 54 when it is desired to operate the hand brake. `In this form of hand brake connection the strap |38 is connected to the auxiliary lever 54 at the pivotal point 56 and the opposite end of the strap |38 isl connected at |138 to the hand brake cable |42 which leads to the sheave of the hand brake.

In Figures 5 and 6 of reduced form I have lever |52 isxconnected as at |54 to the short flexible cablel |56, the oppositev end of said cable having a connection as at |58 to the extension |68 formed` for that purpose on vthe upper end of the live truck lever 46. The sliding lever |52 has a connectie-11 intermediate its ends as at |62 to the cable |64 which leads to the hand brake sheave in the usual manner.

In operation of thisbrake mechanism, assuming the parts to be in released position, actuation of the 'double acting brake cylinder or power means 86. causes the pistons 84, |82 at opposite ends thereof to. move outwardly, thus rotating the dead cylinder levers 82, |86 at opposite ends thereof in reverse directions around the adjustable fulcrums 84,. |88 intermediate their ends and rotating the dead auxiliary levers 54, 54 to apply the braking `means at the opposite ends of the truck. Actuation of the brake mechanism at opposite ends of the truckis the same and the further description will be limited to thatat the right endy of the truck as shown in Figures 1 and 2. 'Counter-clockwise rotation of thedead cylinder lever 82 causes the dead auxiliary lever 54 to rotate ina clockwise direction around the fulcrurn 56 intermediate itsends, thus rotating the live truck lever 46 in a clockwise direction about the pivot 44- at its lower end until the brake shoe 64 is' brought into engagement with the adjacent wheel. vContinued actuation causes the live truck lever 46 to rotate in a clockwise direction about the pivot 68 intermediate its ends, thus moving the paired straps 48 tothe left and rotating the dead truck lever 25 in a clockwise direction `around its: point of support 28 until the brake shoe 36 is brought into engagement with the opposite side of the before-mentioned wheel. Re-

lease of the powermeans causes the various parts to move in directions reverse to those just `described, thuseifecting their release.

InV operation of the hand brake mechanism i1- lustrated in Figure 4, actuation of the hand brake sheave will cause'the exible cable |28 to move the exible cable |28to move to the left, thus ro- 75 tating the dead cylinder lever 82 in a counter-` clockwise direction around the adjustable pivot l 84 intermediate its ends and actuating the brake4 mechanism at one end of thetruck in the manner A previously described and independently of the mechanism at the opposite end thereof.

In an alternate form of hand brake arrangement illustrated in Figures 'l and 8 rotation ofthe hand brake sheave causes the flexible cable |42 (Figure 7) to move to the right and through the the truck as previously described.

The further alternate form of hand brake connection shown in Figures and 6 operates the brake rigging at both ends of thetruck as follows: Rotation of the hand brake sheave` causes the flexible cable |64 to move to the right, thus applying movement of translation to the right to the live auxiliary lever |52. Said movement of translation of the live auxiliary lever |52 causes movement to the right` of the flexible cable |56, thus rotating the live truck lever 46A andA applying the brakes at one end of the `truck as previously described; `the said movement of translation of the live auxiliary lever |52 also causes the flexible cable |48 to move to the right, thus rotating the dead cylinder lever |06 in a clockwise direction around the pivot |08 intermediate its ends and applying the brakes atthe` opposite end of the truck as already described.

. It is to be understood that I do not wish to be llimited by the exact embodiment of the device shown, which is merely by way of illustration and not limitation, as various and other forms of the device will of course be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the Lspirit of the invention or the scope `of the claims.

, level' fulcrumed from said frame intermediate its ends, a horizontal dead lever connected at its inner end to said braking means and at its outer end to a cylinder lever, and hand brake connections comprising flexible means connected to one of said cylinder levers and to one of said live truck levers. v

2. In a four wheel railway truck a frame having a side member, power means on said side member, pistons at the opposite ends of said power means, supporting Wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated with the wheels on one side of said truck and operative connections between braking means of respective Wheels and the pistons at opposite ends of said power means, said connections comprising substantially vertical cylinder levers connected to said pistons, horizontal dead levers interconnecting said cylinder levers and said braking means respectively, and hand brake` means including a, lever fulcrurned intermediate its ends from one of said cylinder levers and operatively connected at one "endto the otherof saidcylinderlevers, and aA liexible cable connected to the opposite end of said fulcrumed lever.

l 3. In a railway truck a frame having a side` member, double acting power means thereon,`

supporting wheel andaxle assemblies, braking means associated with each of the wheels adjacent said member and connections between opposite ends of said power means and said braking means respectively, said connections comprising dead cylinder levers ulcrumed from said member and having their lower ends connected to opposite ends of said power means, dead levers fulcrumed intermediate their ends from said member and having their outer ends connected to said cylinder levers and their inner ends connected to said braking means respectively, one of said dead levers having a slidable connection with said `member and a flexible hand brake means` connected at said slidable connections.

4. In a railway truck a frame having a side member, double acting power means thereon, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, and braking means associated withthe wheels adjacent said member, each of said braking means comprising live and dead truck levers supported on opposite sides of the wheel, and operative connections between theopposite ends of said power means and said braking means respectively, each of said connections comprising a dead cylinder lever fulcrumed from said frame intermediate its ends and a horizontal dead lever connected at its inner end to said braking means and at its outer end to said cylinder lever, and hand brake means connected to a live truck lever and to a cylinder lever.

5. In a railway truck a frame having a side member, double acting power `means thereon,`

supporting wheel and axle assemblies, and `braking means associated with the wheels adjacent said member, each of said braking means `comprising live and dead truck levers supported on opposite sides of the wheel, and operative connections between the opposite ends of said. power means and said braking means respectively, each of said connections comprising a dead cylinder lever fulcrumed from said frame intermediate its ends and a horizontal dead lever connected at` its inner end to said braking means and at its outer end to a cylinder lever.

6. In a four wheel railway truck a frame having a side member, power means on said side member, `supporting wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated with the wheels on one side of said truck and operative connections between the braking means of respective `wheels and the pistons at opposite ends of said power means, said connections comprising` substantiallyy vertical cylinder levers connected to said pistons and horizontal dead levers interconnecting said cylinder levers and said braking means respectively, and hand brake means comprising a slidable lever and flexible cables connecting the opposite ends of said slidable lever respectively to one of said cylinder levers and to a vertical brake lever.

7. In a four wheel railway truck a frame having a side member, power means on said side` member, pistons at the opposite ends of said power means, supporting wheel and axleV assemblies, braking means associated with the wheels on one side of said truck and operative connectionsbetween the braking means of respective wheels and pistons at the opposite ends of said power means, said connections comprising substantially vertical cylinder levers connected-,to

said pistons, horizontal dead levers` interconnecting said cylinder levers and 4said braking means respectively, and hand operating means including a lever ful'crumed intermediate its ends from 5i: one of said cylinder levers and operatively connected at one end to the other of said cylinder levers.

8. In a four wheel railway truck a frame having a side member, power means on saidside io? member, pistons at the opposite ends of said power means, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated with the wheels on one side of said truck and operative connections between thc braking means of respective lli Wheels and pistons at the opposite ends of said power means, said connections comprising substantially vertical cylinder levers connected to said pistons, horizontalv dead levers interconnecting said cylinder levers and said braking means 2Orespectively, and hand operating means connected to one of said cylinder levers for manual operation of the braking means associated with the adjacent wheel.

9. In a railway truck a framework having a 25;v side member, double acting power means on said member, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated with the wheels adjacent said member, and connections between thev opposite ends of said power means and said brak- 30 ing means respectively and including vertical cylinder levers fulcrumed intermediate their ends on said member and connected at their lower' ends tovsaid power means, and horizontal levers fulcrumed on said member and connecting said 35"'cylinder levers and said braking means respectively.

10. In a railway truck a frame having a side member, double acting power means thereon, supporting vwheel and axle assemblies, braking fd-means associated with each of the wheels adjacent said member, and connections between opposite ends of said power means pand" said braking means respectively, said connections comprising vertical dead cylinder levers ful- .frurnedfrom said member and having their lower ends connected to opposite ends of said power means, dead levers fulcrumed intermediate their ends from said member and having their outer ends connected to said cylinder levers and #Tffltheir inner ends connected to said braking means respectively.

1l. In a railway truck a frame having side members, dual power means mounted on each of said'side members, supporting wheel and axle Vfnlassemblies,y braking means associated with the wheels at opposite sides of the truck, and connections between each of saidI cylinders and the.

adjacent brakingmeans-said connections comprising cylinder leversfulcrumed.intermediate illtheir ends from said frame, and horizontal dead levers fulcrurned intermediate their ends from said frame and connected at their outer ends to said cylinder levers respectively and at their inner ends to said braking means. l y

l2. In a railway' truck a frame having a side member, power means mounted thereon, a supporting wheel and axle assembly, braking means associated with the wheel adjacent said member, 707e vertical cylinder lever iulcrumed intermediate 'its ends on said member and having its lower end connected to said power means, a dead' lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends on said member and having its opposite ends connected respec- 75ltively to said cylinder lever and said braking vto said cylinder lever.

v13.l In a four wheel railway truck a frame having side members, double acting power means mounted on said' members, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated with the wheels at opposite sides of the truck, and connections-betweensaid braking means and said power means respectively, each of said connections comprising cylinder levers at opposite ends of said power means, and horizontal levers connecting said cylinder levers with the braking means of adjacent wheels respectively.

14. In al four wheel railway truck a frame having a side member, double acting power means mounted thereon, supporting wheel and axle assem-blies,4 bra-king meansv associated with each wheel `adjacent said side member, and connections between said power means and said braking means respectively comprising vertically arranged cylinder levers and horizontally arranged dead' levers, one of said dead levers having a slidable fulcrum connection intermediate its ends, and a flexible hand brake cable connected at said fulcrum point.

l5. lIn a four wheel railway truck a frame having a side member, power means on said side member, pistons' at the opposite ends of said power means, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated withv the wheels on one side of said truck andl operative connections between the braking means of respective wheels and pistons` at the opposite ends of said power means,- said connections comprising substantially vertica-l cylinder levers connected to said pistons, and horizontal dead levers interconnecting said cylinder levers and said braking means respectively.

16. In a four wheel railway truck a frame having. aside member, double acting power means mounted thereon, supporting wheel and axle as'- semblies, braking means associated with each wheel adjacent said side member, connections between said power means and said braking means respectively comprising vertically arranged cylinder levers and horizontally arranged dead levers, and hand brake means connected to one of said cylinder levers.

17. In a railway truck a frame having a side member,y power means mounted thereon, a supl porting wheel and axle assembly, braking means associated with the wheel adjacent said member, a vertical cylinder lever adjustably fulcrumed intermediate its ends on said member and having its lower end connected to said power means, a dead lever fulcrnmed intermediate its ends on said member and having its opposite ends connected respectively to said cylinder lever and saidbraking means.

18. In a railway truck a frame having a side member, double acting power means mounted thereon, supporting Wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated with thewheels adjacent said member, andV operative connections between the opposite ends of said power means and said braking means respectively, said connections comprising substantially vertically arranged cylinder levers having their lower ends' connected tothe respective ends of said power means.

19. In a four wheel railway truck a frame having a side member, double acting power means mounted thereon, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated with each wheel adjacent said side member, andl connections between saidl power means'. and said braking means respectively comprising vertically arranged cylinder levers and horizontally arranged dead levers.

20. In a railway truck a frame having a sid-e member, double acting power means thereon, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, and braking means associated with the wheels adjacent said member, each of said braking meansI comprising live and dead truck levers supported on opposite sides ci the wheel., and operative connections between the opposite ends oi said power means and said braking means respectively, each of said operative connections comprising a slack adjustei` secured to said side member, a vertical cylinder lever fulcrumed therein and having its lower end connected to said cylinder, and a dead auxiliary lever iulcrurned from said side member and having its inner endconnectedto the adjacent braking means andits outer end connected to said cylinder lever.

21. In a four wheel railway truck, a frame hav ing a side member, double acting power means mounted thereon, automatic slack adjusters mounted thereon adjacent opposite ends of said power means, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated with each wheel adjacent said side member, connections between said power` means and said braking means' respectively comprising vertically arranged cylinder levers fulcrumed intermediate their ends in said slack adjusters respectively and horizontally arranged dead levers, and connections between said dead levers and said cylinder levers respec tively.

22. In a railway truck, a frame having a side member, power means mounted thereon, an automatic slack adjuster mounted on said side member adjacent said power means, a supporting wheel and axle assembly, raking means associ ated with the wheel adjacent said member, a cylinder lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends from thereon adjacent opposite ends of said power `means, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, brake means associated with the wheels adjacent said member, and operative connections between the opposite ends of said power means and said braking means respectively, said connections comprising cylinder levers adjustably fulcrumed in said slack adjusters with their corresponding ends connected to the opposite ends of said power means.

24. In a railway truck, frame having a side member, double acting power means mounted thereon, automatic slack adjusters mounted thereon adjacent opposite ends of` said power means, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, brake means associated with the wheels adjacent said member, and operative connections between the opposite ends of said power means and said braking means respectively', comprising cylinder levers adjustably fulcrumed in said slack adjusters with their corresponding ends connected to the respective ends of said power means and their opposite ends operatively connected to the braking means at opposite ends of the truck.

25. In a four wheel railway truck, a frame having a side member,` double acting power `means mounted thereon, slack adjusters on said side member at opposite ends of said power means, supporting wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated with each wheel adjacent said side member, and connections between said plower means and said braking means respectively comprising cylinder levers fulcrumed in said slack adjusters, and horizontally arranged dead levers.

26. In a four wheel railway truck, a frame having a side member, double acting power means mounted thereon, slack adjusters on said side member at opposite endsrof said power means,

supporting wheel and axle assemblies, braking means associated with each wheel adjacent said side member, and connections between said pow'- er means and said braking means respectively comprising cylinder levers fulcrumed from said slack adjusters respectively and horizontally arranged dead levers connected at their inner ends to the braking means at opposite ends of the truck and at their outer ends to said cylinder levers.

WALTER I-I. BASELT.

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